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Daughters of the Revolution (DAR)
National Mall, Washington DC, May 2026 I learned about the Daughters of Revolution (DAR) a couple weeks ago while visiting Sandy. Daughters of the Revolution is a collection of women who can prove lineal decent to a patriot who aided in achieving American independence. These women have formed an association that does philanthropic work and…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (5/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 It turns out that there are a few issues with image maps. None of those options were going to solve the problem in the next 24 hours at a price point that was acceptable. The compromise that we used below is a fixed 650 px image map inside of an HTML…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (4/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 Overview This is all of the selfies and panoramas from the visit to the Udvar-Hazy Center. Or at least, all of the ones that turned out okay. The selfies and panoramas appear periodically along the path shown in the first post of this series. If we can get it working, an…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (3/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 We do not believe that the restoration bays were open the last time we were there. They might have been present, except the windows closed. They may also not have been complete or in use at the time. There were quite a few projects going on at the same time. The…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (2/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 The Space Hangar is about one-third the size of the Aviation Hangar, and we only spent about fifteen minutes in it. We spent more time at the restoration area and walking the Aviation Hangar. We probably need to go back and spend more time in that room; there are some neat…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (1/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 The Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a part of the Smithsonian Institute National Air and Space Museum. (You can find more information here.) The facility has many attractions, including two hangars with over 200 aircraft and spacecraft, an IMAX theatre, gift shop, (only slightly over-priced) restaurant, flight simulators, viewing tower, and…
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Fort Monroe National Monument
Fort Monroe National Monument, VA, May 2026 Fort Monroe National Monument was between Machicomoco State Park and Edith’s house, so Kate thought we should stop by on the way. On an unrelated note, they have a national park cancel stamp. Coincidence? You decide. (Panda Express was on the way too, so it seemed a fair…
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Poverty Point Parkway and Lower Jackson Mound
Poverty Point Parkway, LA, February 2026 John had glimpsed something about the Jackson Mound that made is sound impressive, so we planned to stop by it today. We had passed it going to the Poverty Point National Monument, so we knew where it was. We drove the Poverty Point Parkway to check for birds going…
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Poverty Point National Monument
Poverty Point World Heritage Site, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point is a State Historic Site, National Monument, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is owned and operated by the State of Louisiana. Poverty Point is the location of a major cultural and trade center from around 1700 to 1100 BC. Archaeologists have unearthed…
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Falls Park
Sioux Falls, SD, August 2025 Kate found out that there was a Farmer’s Market in Sioux Falls at Falls Park. We decided to kill several birds with one drive by going to the Farmer’s Market, touring Falls Park, and getting groceries all in the same trip. On the way out, we saw a Great (White)…